|| Urban Knights
When Sayaka motioned to Kyouko, she followed. It wasn’t too far of a walk. It happened in complete silence, much to Kyouko’s discomfort. She couldn’t think of anything to say to the Lieutenant at this point. Whatever was on her mind was going to have to wait until she felt more comfortable in her quarters.
The room itself was a lot larger than her own. Hell, all knights got were beds and a stool. Sayaka had a whole desk to herself. She supposed it made sense. Knights didn’t have to do any paper work.
Once inside, Kyouko walked in and stood near Sayaka’s bed. She didn’t really feel like sitting at the moment, so she simply crossed her arms and waited for Sayaka to say something. It was silent at first. Neither of them said anything for a while. When Kyouko had enough, she opened her mouth to get things started.
"So…? What’s troublin’ ya, Miki?"
The question comes pretty hesitantly, after a few moments of just...silence. Sayaka wasn't sure how to go about this. It wasn't necessarily an experience that she told anyone about. The last time she tried to explain it, her own parents had treated it like it was her fault in the first place.
"You know...I joined the knights at first, for...an entirely selfish reason." Sayaka started, taking a seat in her office chair. "A cowardly reason, I guess. I was trying to get out of a bad living situation. I'm not...well liked in the city. Adults don't really care much for me, and my peers...well, you've seen how they feel." With small frown, Sayaka looked to the side.
"In school, I was bullied. All the time, for years. There were some...primary reasons why, but even if not I'm sure they would have found a plethora of reasons. That guy was one of the people who harassed me on a daily basis." Sighing, she satback and crossed her arms, slightly uncomfortable with this subject. "One day in particular....it went a little too far. That was the day I'd had it, contracted, and left home. When I tried to go home as a wreck, and tell my mother what happened, she just told me it was my fault, and wrote me off."
Adjusting the uniform she wore, Sayaka's fingers found the bottom edge of her top, raising it slightly. Enough to reveal the scar sliced along her abdomen. Only for a moment, as she dropped the clothing, letting it cover the past wound again.
"He cornered me in the bathroom at school that day. Pinned me, and started harassing me like normal...at least, for a while. It took a step too far. He tried to...er, sexually assault me." She said, blunt as possible, she wasn't trying to dance around the memory she was intentionally explaining to Kyouko. "Of course...I'm sure he made it out still like I was the bad guy, in the end. I wouldn't know. I left after that. That's the real reason I joined the academy. I was hoping to get a new start somewhere. And I wanted to get away from that, before....I did something far more regrettable to someone, or myself. If I had remained a civilian...I don't think I'd still be alive, right now, frankly."

















